REALIZING RESILIENCE: A STUDY OF DEFINITION, INDICATORS, AND OPERATIONALIZATION
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Authors
Raycroft, Jill
Subjects
resilience
community resilience
disaster studies
disaster studies
recovery
academic and practitioner
case studies
100 resilient cities
earthquake
vulnerable
adaptation
community resilience
disaster studies
disaster studies
recovery
academic and practitioner
case studies
100 resilient cities
earthquake
vulnerable
adaptation
Advisors
Fernandez, Lauren S.
McGuire, Mollie R.
Date of Issue
2021-03
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Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School
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Resilience is a term ubiquitously used to gauge how communities fare during and following disasters. Academics and practitioners see resilience as a critical driver of a community’s success or failure in recovering or bouncing back from disasters. This thesis aims to provide insight into improving resilience by bridging how it is studied in theory and practiced in the field. This thesis examines resilience in the literature and presents four case studies, which focus on resilience governance and social, physical, and economic resilience indicators. The findings of this thesis show the necessity of community cohesion in growing a community’s resilience. The cases also show the benefit of clear resilience governance frameworks rooted in diverse, equitable leadership that represents the communities served. Moreover, fostering individual resilience contributes to a community’s resilience level. Finally, the term resilience needs both reconceptualizing and reimagining in a way that better aligns with current-day challenges.
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National Security Affairs (CHDS)
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